Record ID: YORYM-9E1A99
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy possible steelyard weight of Roman date, c.AD 100 - 300. The object is a partial elliptical bow with a central grooved channel. The walls are broken and worn. An integral suspension loop is present at the centre of the top of the object. The metal has a mid-green delaminated patina and is worn. The objects is 26.1mm long, 15.3mm wide, 3.6mm thick and weighs 6.7g.
Created on: Thursday 7th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 8th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Newton Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-5F9419
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy and iron probable steelyard weight of Roman date (C.43-410). Description: The object is flattened spherical or bi-conical in plan with a circular cross section. At the apex, the object narrows to form a neck and then expands into a circular, flattened collar. Iron corrosion around the neck indicated the presence of a now missing attachment. The rest of the object has a medium green patina. Measurements: Length: 25.47mm width: 24.51mm Weight: 60.95g Discussion: The object can be compared with Roman steelyard weights of a simila…
Created on: Thursday 16th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 7th February 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-7D0A50
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy Byzantine three-ounce weight of Roman date (c.AD43-410). The object is spherical with a flattened top and bottom. The sides of the sphere appear to have been hammered. On one of these flat ends has a central circular indentation with an orange-brown patina suggesting there was an iron rod in place. Dimensions: Diameter 25.8mm, Thickness 22.3mm, Weight 78.13g A similar example can be seen in Bendall 1996 p. 25.
Created on: Monday 30th January 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 21st February 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Dunham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-FEE72E
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete circular copper alloy weight or large token, of probable Roman dating (AD 43 to AD 410). The weight is circular in shape, with a flat cross section. The front has been decorated with a forward facing head, with tendrils or snakes extending from the top of the head, and curving round the face. Similar to that of a Medusa style face with snakes as hair. The face is triangular in shape, with a horizontal slit mouth, and circular eyes. The reverse is flat and undecorated. It has a diameter of 29.3 mm and a thickness of 9.8 mm. It weighs 37.0 g. The weight or token is dark gre…
Created on: Tuesday 24th January 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 24th January 2023
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Record ID: OXON-BA79F2
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An copper alloy object – possibly a weight, or coin- of probable Roman date. The weight is sub-oval in plan, rectangular in cross section with a very worn design on one surface which includes two parallel lines. The opposite side is too worn to discern a design. The weight is a dark green colour and quite thick. The weight is 21.3mm long, 19.8mm wide, 3.8mm thick and weighs 8.82 grams. The weight was found near a number of Roman coins so may be dated to this period but is too thick relatvie to its diameter to be identified as a coin.
Created on: Monday 21st November 2022
Last updated: Monday 21st November 2022
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Record ID: SF-A61C4A
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete probable Roman copper-alloy steelyard weight dating to circa AD 43-410. Less than half of the piece now sirvives. It consists of circular suspension loop at the apex and a biconical body separated by a transverse median moulded rib. The external face is decorated with incised longitudinal grooves. The interior is plain. Length: 38.2mm; Width: 22.1mm; Thickness: 6.8mm; Weight: 20.34g.
Created on: Tuesday 8th November 2022
Last updated: Monday 21st August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Stoke by Nayland', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-7F1062
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy possible steelyard weight of Roman date, c.AD 43 – 410. The object is in the form of a forward-facing female head with an elongated ovate perforation to the reverse. It terminates at the collar in a worn and distorted curve to the front. The hair is shown as a raised ridge framing the face in a pleat-like design which continues to the neckline and collar. A prominent brow is displayed above ovate eyes with distinct eyelids, to either side of a raised nose. A downturned moulded mouth is present below the nose. The object is hollow though filled with s…
Created on: Tuesday 25th October 2022
Last updated: Thursday 19th January 2023
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Record ID: SF-5BDA03
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An probable Roman copper-alloy weight dating to circa AD 43-410. It is discoidal with flat faces and rounded edges. Each face is plain. The object is likely Roman in date based on the volume of nearby Roman findspots. Diameter: 29.3mm; Thickness: 9.2mm; Weight: 46.12g.
Created on: Thursday 31st March 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 26th April 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Pakenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-AF0483
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy and lead Roman steelyard weight. The weight a head weight in the form of a double head. On the top of the heads is a suspension loop and the bottom of the weight is flat. Both faces at distinctly different in form. The larger head is more pronounced, projects further forward and has more distinct features. Both eyes are deeply sunken, the nose is large and bulbous and the lips of the mouth clearly defined. The second face is flatter and worn. The eyes are just about perceptible but the nose and mouth are very worn. There is a slight beard still visible and large tufts o…
Created on: Tuesday 29th June 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 30th June 2021
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Record ID: LEIC-199C47
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Rutland
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman copper-alloy anthropomorphic steelyard weight, dating to AD 75 - 200. The weight consists of the head of Minerva, helmeted and terminating at the neck. At the apex of the helmet is raised crest, this is formed of a singular rectangular projection which tapers to the base of the back of the neck and projects slightly outwards. This is divided in the centre by a slight indentation, though this gradually recedes until halfway through the crest. 0.4 mm away from the top of the crest is a small pierced hole, which would have been used for suspension. The remainder of the helmet is …
Created on: Monday 29th March 2021
Last updated: Thursday 22nd July 2021
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Record ID: BERK-A056FA
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Windsor and Maidenhead
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy, lead filled, steelyard weight in the form of a female head. The head has a hairstyle parted in the centre with a knot at the neck, possible ear wreath. The suspension loop is pierced through the hairline rather than being separate. There is no bust as the weight cuts off at the neck. It is not broken. The top of the head is worn. The face is also quite worn. Head slightly tilted to her right. Dark green-patina all over. Continental examples (Franken 1994: A108 -120) have a bust draped in a toga and a more distinctive hairstyle. It is likely that this weight is insul…
Created on: Wednesday 16th December 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 16th December 2020
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Record ID: HAMP-250D83
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy object in the form of a female face, with bunched hair flanking the face which is retained by what may be a winged helmet, with knops at the upper corners possibly representing the edges of a wings and pronounced bands around the brow being the helmet rim. The eyes are lenticular and the other facial features (nose, mouth) are worn but discernable. The back of the object is flat. There is a stump of a small integrally cast suspension loop at the top of the head.
Created on: Monday 16th November 2020
Last updated: Thursday 19th November 2020
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Record ID: OXON-4391B5
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman cast copper-alloy steelyard weight with a lead core in the form of a bust probably of the god Jupiter. The lower portion of the weight is lost to old damage such that only a fragment of the bust’s shoulders remain. The surviving copper-alloy shell consists of an entire human head that is very well moulded providing a naturalistic representation of a male head. The head has oval depressions for eyes which appear to have slightly domed eyeballs within, suggesting no enamel was intended to fill these. Between these is a projecting triangular nose. Below this i…
Created on: Monday 12th October 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 5th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alvescot CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-4A393A
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy steelyard weight of Roman date and anthropomorphic shape. This weight is moulded/cast into the shape of the front of a human head from chin to top of head. Above the head the remains of an integral suspension loop project upwards. This artefact has an incomplete height of 40.5mm, maximum width of 33.2mm and weighs 20.61g. The front is convex and the reverse concavely hollow. However, the edges of the reverse are flattened as if prepared to butt-up or rest against something else that is flat. The flattened areas of the edge vary in thickness between the convex front and …
Created on: Friday 20th March 2020
Last updated: Friday 3rd September 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mid Suffolk District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-54B101
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy probable weight. A small flat-sided discoid weight with faint marks perhaps incised on one, rougher, side, plain and smooth on the other. The marks might form a V, or two casually executed strokes. The mass may suggest a value of two Roman scripula [of 1.14gms, equivalent to twelve siliquae] is represented. Suggested date: Roman, 43-410 Diameter: 12.8mm, Thickness: 12.2mm, Weight: 2.28gms
Created on: Thursday 13th February 2020
Last updated: Thursday 13th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kirton in Lindsey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-0489CF
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman or later copper alloy acorn-shaped object, possibly a slide weight from a steelyard or statera. The shell of the acorn is raised. The top has a flattened projection in which is an offset hole or suspension loop. Inside the hole remains a piece of copper alloy wire measuring 2.5mm in diameter. The bottom has been abraded and is now a slightly flattened both on the perimeter and base. There is a single circular countersunk mark on the perimeter. The surface is heavily encrusted in parts, but the bare alloy shows a red brown patina. The weight of the object is 18.45 grams, close…
Created on: Sunday 9th February 2020
Last updated: Monday 2nd March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wigmore', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-FBD030
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead weight, probably a Roman steelyard weight. The body of the weight is lead, and it is roughly globular, with an iron rod protruding at either end (top and bottom). Viewed from one end (either top or bottom) it is sub-rectangular, measuring c. 43 x 37mm; viewed from the side, it is oval or sub-circular. In general it is very battered-looking, with dents and scratches and one deep cut. The iron rod at one end looks square in cross-section, of side 6.5mm; at the other end it is too corroded to tell the shape. The overall length from one end of the iron to the other is 55mm, and the l…
Created on: Tuesday 10th December 2019
Last updated: Thursday 9th January 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-5186CB
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy weight or a plumb bob, in the form of an acorn, of uncertain date, but possibly Roman, AD 43 - 410. Length 30.22mm, diameter 11.9mm, weight 15.97g. It is an elongated three dimensional acorn shape, of circular cross section. The solid object is broken at the base of the cup of the acorn, but other examples have a suspension loop here, suggesting that the acorn hung upside down. The acorn has a rounded apex, unusually long and straight sided body (cylindrical) and a simple cup with a rounded base and no surface decoration. There is a conical terminal knop at …
Created on: Monday 2nd December 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 8th January 2020
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Record ID: YORYM-B4614A
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy possible steelyard weight of Roman date, c.AD 43 - 410. The object is anthropomorphic, in the form of a hollow domed female head with moulded features. The face comprises ovate eyes below a slightly prominent brow. The nose and mouth are only faintly discernable and part of one side of the head and the chin/neck are lost to worn breaks. The face is framed by hair which appears to be pulled back. The reverse is undecorated. The metal has a mid-green patina and is worn. The object is 40.4mm long, 35.9mm wide, 4.4mm thick and weighs 28.2g. Similar objects…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd July 2019
Last updated: Thursday 18th July 2019
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Record ID: NLM-AE4322
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible weight fragment. Cast fragment of a plano-convex discoid object, with a straight cut or broken edge, probably representing about one third of an object with an original diameter estimated as c.30mm. Fiercely abraded. The surface appearance closely resembles that of early Roman low denomination coins, and this feature commends an early date. Suggested date: possibly Roman, 43-410 Diameter (as found): 27.2mm, Thickness: 6.8mm, Weight: 10.68gms
Created on: Wednesday 6th February 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 6th February 2019
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